Historical Events In June - 30

1939  On June - 30 heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde   

1940  On June - 30 "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, first appears   

1940  US Fish &Wildlife Service established on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears   

1941  On June - 30 hMAS WATERHEN (RAN), lost in the Eastern Mediterranean off Bardia, east Libya by German divebombers on the 29th June.   

1941  HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run on June - 30.   

1941  On this day in history 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month   

1942  Australian troops raid Salamaua on June - 30.   

1942  US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation on this day in history.   

1942  On June - 30 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month   

1942  On June - 30 arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62   

1946  On June - 30 michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64   

1948  Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 on this day in history.   

1948  On June - 30 transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs)   

1948  On this day in history karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78   

1950  Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea on June - 30.   

1950  US President allows American troops deployement in Korea on June - 30.   

1951  NAACP begins attack on school segregation &discrimination on June - 30.   

1952  On June - 30 "The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV   

1953  On June - 30 elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79   

1954  USSR opens its first atomic power plant on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history united DC-7 &TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128   

1959  On June - 30 lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76   

1960  Belgian Congo becomes an independent state on June - 30.   

1960  On this day in history za‹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium   

1960  Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79 on June - 30.   

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87   

1962  LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 on June - 30.   

1962  On June - 30 rwanda &Burundi become independent   

1962  On June - 30 caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65   

1963  On this day in history cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church   

1964  Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1965  On June - 30 bessie Barriscale, actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies   

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1286  John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347) was born on this day in history.   

1468  Johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon was born on June - 30.   

1470  Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), invaded Italy was born on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history birth of johan Frederik, elector of Saxon (1532-47)   

1503  John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554) was born on June - 30.   

1641  Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719) was born on June - 30.   

1669  Mauritius Vogt, composer was born on June - 30.   

1685  Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche) was born on June - 30.   

0350  Death of Nepotianus, Roman usurper on this day in history.   

1109  Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies on June - 30.   

1181  Death of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147) on this day in history.   

1224  Death of Adolf of Osnabrück, Saint Adolf (b. 1185) on June - 30.   

1364  On June - 30 death of arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)   

1520  Death of Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed on this day in history.   

1538  On June - 30 charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70   

1579  Death of Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary on June - 30.